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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS North Platte, NE

June 5, 2006Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2006, 6:10 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2006, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 6:17 PM CDT	HAIL 1	North Platte, NE
Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	14 Ne Wellfleet, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 12 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 052311
SVRLBF
NEC111-060015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0073.060605T2310Z-060606T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
610 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WELLFLEET...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CURTIS...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 620 PM CDT
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 630 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4126 10090 4071 10081 4070 10023 4117 10025

$$

KAR

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052322
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
622 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

NEC111-060015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060606T0015Z/
LINCOLN NE-
622 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 180...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF
NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 190...HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 190 AND
  MAXWELL BY 635 PM CDT...
  INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 200...HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 200 AND
  BRADY BY 655 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4126 10090 4071 10081 4070 10023 4117 10025

$$

KAR

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052339
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
639 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

NEC111-060015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060606T0015Z/
LINCOLN NE-
639 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 636 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
MPH...AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 200 
TO HIGHWAY 23 MILE MARKER 70...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 
MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH 
PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 200...HIGHWAY 23 MILE MARKER 70 AND BRADY BY
  645 PM CDT...
  HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 60 AND INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 200 BY 650
  PM CDT...
  WELLFLEET BY 655 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4126 10090 4071 10081 4070 10023 4117 10025

$$

KAR

000 
WWUS53 KLBF 052359
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
657 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

NEC111-060015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060606T0015Z/
LINCOLN NE-
657 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 656 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 80 MILE
MARKER 200...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF CURTIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JEFFREY RESERVOIR AT 708 PM CDT

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4103 10071 4071 10081 4070 10023 4117 10025

$$

KAR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
253 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

....SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED ACROSS SERN HALF OF FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

MORNING MCS GENERATED AN MCV LOCATED NORTH OF GID AT 16Z.  REMNANT
BOUNDARY WILL BE A FOCUS AS WELL AS MAIN FRONT DRAPED FROM SE OF ANW
TO HYANNIS TO BIG SPRINGS. EXPECTED SEVER CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH A LIKELY MCS DEVELOPING. BEST LOCATION FOR THIS WILL BE
INITIATING NEAR ARTHUR COUNTY PROPAGATING SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBR TONIGHT.
UNUSUAL FOR THIS SPRING SO FAR...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADOES
POSSIBLE NEAR BOUNDARIES.

WX WILL SETTLE DOWN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS EXPENDING UPPER RIDGE
TRAVERSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPS TO REACH LOWER 90S MOST AREAS
WEDNESDAY. EVEN WARMER THURSDAY WITH LOWER TO MID 90S. UPPER RIDGE
BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN AS UPPER TROUGH IN WEST MOVES IN. SLIGHT CHC
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THOROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS UPPER FLOW IS ZONAL AND H7 TEMPS COOL A BIT WITH A WEAKER CAP.

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 437 FOR
COUNTIES GENERALLY EAST OF BIG SPRINGS THROUGH AINSWORTH UNTIL 02Z.

&&

KAR

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
309 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-062015-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
309 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 /209 PM MDT MON JUN 5 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT EAST OF LINE
FROM AINSWORTH TO OSHKOSH. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
BEFORE SUNSET. LOCAL AREAS EXPERIENCING INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAINFALL.
OTHERWISE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE.
THE EXTENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE IS UNCERTAIN BUT THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE
SLIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING EAST OF LINE FROM
AINSWORTH TO OGALLALA.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

MASEK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
322 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0242 PM     HAIL             4 NNW ELSMERE           42.21N 100.21W
06/05/2006  E0.88 INCH       CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

            HAILED FOR 10 MINUTES...FROM AROUND 242PM UNTIL 252PM.

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
458 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     HAIL             4 E ARTHUR              41.57N 101.61W
06/05/2006  E1.00 INCH       ARTHUR             NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:19 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
519 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             3 W STAPLETON           41.48N 100.57W
06/05/2006  E1.00 INCH       LOGAN              NE   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL LASTING ABOUT 5 MINUTES

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:47 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
547 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HAIL             16 WSW ARNOLD           41.33N 100.48W
06/05/2006  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

            PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL LASTING ABOUT 10 MINUTES

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:50 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
550 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             5 SE STAPLETON          41.43N 100.44W
06/05/2006  E0.75 INCH       LOGAN              NE   PUBLIC

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
600 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 PM     HAIL             10 WSW ARNOLD           41.37N 100.37W
06/05/2006  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NE   PUBLIC

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED LASTING 5 TO 10
            MINUTES

&&

BTAYLOR

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	53 min
Jun 5, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden	34 min
Jun 5, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	35 min
Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	61 min
Jun 5, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	55 min
Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	18 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	59 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, McPherson	58 min
Jun 5, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine	47 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	53 min
Jun 5, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	48 min
Jun 5, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	45 min
Jun 5, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	56 min
Jun 5, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	59 min
Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	47 min
Jun 5, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	52 min
Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase	60 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	49 min
Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	47 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.